Netanyahu reaffirms Israel does not plan to end its war on Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he would accept a short ceasefire in Israel's war on Gaza but would not commit to ending the conflict permanently. 

Netanyahu also said that the ceasefire in Lebanon had changed the dynamics in Gaza in Israel's favour. 

"[Hamas] hoped that Hezbollah would come to save it, and indeed Nasrallah said on the second day when he attacked, 'We will continue until Israel stops its attacks on Hamas.’ There is no Hezbollah. That’s why I think the conditions have changed very much for the better," he said.